Boxoffice Podcast

Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over the latest headlines in theatrical exhibitions and preview the Christmas season box office. In the feature segment, the Cinema Foundation’s Executive Director, Bryan Braunlich, joins to talk about plans for the @ the Movies campaign—bringing four moviegoing—themed events to cinemas nationwide in 2025 to encourage habitual moviegoing.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 What to Listen For00:00 Intro00:20 Discussion on Cinema Activations and Promotions01:00 Christmas Box Office Preview Overview02:17 Weekend Box Office Recap: Craven the Hunter and Lord of the Rings Anime06:28 Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Box Office Forecast07:57 Mufasa: The Lion King Prequel Expectations09:03 Overview of Christmas Day Releases09:33 Focus Features’ Nosferatu and Searchlight’s A Complete Unknown11:28 Tracking and Projections for Nosferatu and A Complete Unknown12:42 Amazon MGM’s The Fire Inside Biopic Discussion14:18 Marketing Strategies for Christmas Releases15:15 Amazon MGM and CinemaCon Updates16:55 Wicked’s Sing-Along Screenings Announcement18:21 Fathom Events Rebranding as Fathom Entertainment20:27 UK Audience Development Initiative Escapes22:52 Cinema Foundation’s At the Movies Campaign Overview25:00 January National Popcorn Day Plans28:52 Sneak Peek Saturday: Summer 2025 Previews34:26 August Date Night at the Movies Details37:12 November Family Day at the Movies Plans

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle and Chad Kennerk cover the latest exhibition news, including the announcement of CinemaCon's NATO Marquee Award, which is set to honor Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble, and NATO's rebranded National Cinema Day into the campaign At the Movies. In the feature segment, Daniel sits down with Nickel Boys director RaMell Ross to explore the challenges of adapting a celebrated novel and the significance of the theatrical experience.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 What to Listen For00:00 Intro01:03 Catching up02:06 06:27 Timothée Chalamet’s appearance on ESPN07:32 Paul Mezcal on SNL08:15 CinemaCon 2025, National Cinema Day14:02 New theater openings15:28 Focus Feature’s Sarcophagus replica21:40 Nickel Boys feature debut24:05 Conceptualizing the Nickel Boys film27:07 Production basis with a specific vision31:06 Emotional connection to the audience35:10 The first person perspective38:30 Theatrical experience as a film maker39:50 Iconic childhood theater

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, brought to you by One Ultra Screens, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Chad Kennerk discuss the highest-earning Thanksgiving weekend frame of all time, driven by Disney's Moana 2, Universal's Wicked, and Paramount's Gladiator II. Exhibitors including AMC, Regal, and Cinemark all reported record-breaking holiday weekends. In the feature segment, Daniel speaks to Ernesto Acevedo-Muñoz, a professor of cinema studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, about the evolution of Broadway adaptations, highlighting the rise and fall of the Hollywood musical and the recent success of Wicked, the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation of all-time.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 What to Listen For00:00 Intro00:20 Highest-Earning Thanksgiving Weekend Overview01:07 Wicked Becomes Highest-Grossing Broadway Adaptation01:50 Thanksgiving Movie Experiences: Moana 2 and Gladiator II03:38 Denzel Washington’s Performance in Gladiator II06:17 Thanksgiving Box Office Records Analysis07:15 Moana 2 Breaks Multiple Box Office Records09:41 International Performance of Moana 210:47 Wicked’s Sophomore Frame Performance and Global Numbers11:47 Gladiator II: Domestic and International Highlights12:07 Record Attendance for AMC Theaters13:04 Regal’s Thanksgiving Records and Merchandising Success14:00 Cinemark Achieves Best Food & Beverage Revenue Day15:14 Thanksgiving Box Office Recovery Analysis16:21 Feature Segment with Ernesto Munoz Begins17:01 History of the Broadway-to-Hollywood Pipeline22:47 Evolution of the Movie Musical in the 1930s27:34 MGM’s Role in Shaping Musicals in the 1940s30:00 Broadway Adaptations and 1950s Hollywood Musicals32:27 West Side Story as a Turning Point35:00 Decline of Hollywood Musicals in the Late 1960s37:50 Cabaret’s Influence in the 1970s40:00 Rock Musicals: Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar44:00 Revival of the Musical in the Early 2000s45:22 Why Wicked Works as a Movie47:00 Anticipation for Wicked Part Two50:22 Modern Musical Success Stories and Future Prospects

In this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria, Rebecca Pahle and Chad Kennerk discuss the latest exhibition news, including the successful record-breaking opening weekends of Wicked and Gladiator II. In the sponsored segment, Daniel and Malcolm MacMillan, the Managing Director UK and EVP Exhibitor Relations, Boost Products and Services at The Boxoffice Company, discuss the importance of TikTok for exhibitors, noting its 67% user base aged 18-34. In the feature segment, Daniel and Chad are joined by Albert Lawrence to discuss the limited and platform releases in the month of December from major distributors.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 What to Listen For00:00 Intro01:15 Importance of Social Media for Film Discovery03:40 Wicked’s Record-Breaking Opening Weekend07:42 Interview with Universal’s Jim Orr on Wicked10:53 Gladiator II Box Office Performance14:02 Demographics Breakdown for Wicked and Gladiator II16:15 Regional Box Office Trends for Gladiator II18:21 Malcolm McMillan on TikTok Strategy for Cinemas21:26 Moana 2 UK Premiere Insights24:13 Importance of Honesty in TikTok Content Creation27:20 December Limited Releases: Overview and Discussion31:35 Highlights of September 5 and Nickel Boys34:51 Anticipation for Y2K and Night Bitch37:04 Nostalgia Marketing in Recent Films40:25 Upcoming December Wide Releases: Sonic 3 and Mufasa43:43 A24’s Baby Girl: Return of the Erotic Thriller47:01 Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu and Cinematic Style50:07 Boxing Biopic: The Fire Inside52:20 Robbie Williams Biopic and Creative Risks54:40 Bob Dylan’s A Complete Unknown